| 词汇 | self-defense |
| 释义 | self-defense noun[ U ] US(UKself-defence)us/ˌselfdɪˈfens/uk /ˌselfdɪˈfens/ protection of yourself, either by fighting or discussion: He used the gun in self-defense. In self-defense, I have to say that I only did what you asked me to do. the skill of fighting without weapons to protect yourself: She goes to self-defense classes for women. Protection and protectors adopt adoptable aegis anti-shark anti-skid chaperone cybersecurity defence mechanism den mother doorkeeper elder care preservationist rewilding ring-fence safe space safeguarding safekeeping weatherstripping white knight witness protection self-defense | American Dictionaryself-defense noun[ U ] us/ˌself·dɪˈfens/ the protection of yourself: She says she shot him in self-defense. Examples of self-defenseself-defense As to militancy, are governments with aggressive and interventionist foreign policies fundamentalist, no matter what cause they may invoke to justify their actions, including self-defense? The attacker, in turn, would have a right to resist the victim's self-defense, since he too is acting on a claim of right. A just war is a war of self-defense, a last-resort measure necessary to stave off an armed attack against a nation-state or recognized political community. In neither film does the dutiful son even consider raising his hand in self-defense or-unthinkable-in aggression. Although simple cases of self-defense raise the problem most simply, it is in fact ubiquitous. It is reasonable that she should have to do something to make her claim of self-defense or insanity plausible. The dispatch of ground self-defense forces is more politically sensitive than that of maritime forces. And victims are held liable for the harms done to their assailants in self-defense when those harms could have been avoided by their own retreat. The ease with which self-defense can be justified should not mislead us into thinking that it is the paradigmatic cases of legitimate preemption. Instead, they would invoke conflicting rights, such as the right to self-defense or a right to prevent aggression. Curiously, these two rather weak principles turn out to be too strong for ordinar y preventive practices like self-defense. Our rights of self-defense are not that tepid. But suppose that there is a special justification for self-defense against a non-responsible threat. Nonetheless, the juror will be instructed that he must convict unless he positively believes (instead of merely suspects) that the defendant acted in self-defense. The person who is acting in self-defense or who abandons a criminal attempt is like the blundering chess player. See all examples of self-defense These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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